Don't own it. Typos here and there :)

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Gabriella moodily stabbed at her noodles as she muttered curses under her breath. The words 'Troy' and 'idiot' were clearly made out. Sharpay and Taylor blinked. Their usually meek friend had been rather short-tempered the whole week. They shared a worried look.

"Gabriella.."

"If you even mention his name, I will throw up in your faces!" she screeched.

Taylor's eyes widened. Sharpay's jaw dropped. There was a moment of awkward silence, before they burst into laughter. Gabriella glared, crossing her arms as her friends guffawed over her outburst.

"Girl, you got it baaad!" Taylor dragged out the last word before giggling hysterically.

Sharpay nodded, tears of laughter springing to her eyes. Gabriella huffed, a pout forming on her lips. Taylor and Sharpay's laughter died down, before a curious expression flitted across their face. Gabriella raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

"More like, what did he do?" Taylor shot back, a smirk playing on her lips.

Gabriella's eyes widened, her cheeks flushing a deep red.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!" she stammered.

Gabriella inwardly cursed. Leave to Taylor and Sharpay to figure out the reason of her bad mood. Taylor shook her head. Sharpay scooted over, nudging Gabriella with her elbow.

"Spill! What happened between you and Troy? You guys were acting so weird this week. Something must have happened!" Sharpay gushed.

Gabriella nervously laughed, hoping to avoid the subject. That wasn't going happen when you have Sharpay and Taylor grilling you. She sighed.

"We kinda, nearly, maybe kissed again" Gabriella muttered.

She waited for the explosion.

"WHAT?! AGAIN?!" Sharpay began to hyperventilate.

"And why didn't you guys actually kiss?" Taylor raised her eyebrows.

Gabriella sighed.

"Joe interrupted us"

"WHAT?! I am going to kill that guy! Who does he think he is, hitting on our Gabriella?!" Sharpay cursed.

"Sharpay! He wasn't hitting on me! He was just looking around the school and conveniently stopped Troy from kissing me" Gabriella replied, feeling a little dejected.

Taylor chuckled.

"And you're mad because Troy didn't get to kiss you?" she taunted.

Gabriella blushed.

"Shut up, Taylor!"

Their peals of laughter started up again. Gabriella pouted. Sharpay wiped at her tears as she cocked her head in confusion.

"Then why are you two acting so awkward around each other?" she asked.

Gabriella played with the hem of her shirt. She took a deep breath as she told her friends her deepest fears.

"I think it's because he doesn't want anyone to know he's even associated to me. He didn't even look at me all week" she murmured, tears burning at the back of her throat.

Sharpay looked outraged.

"Not even be associated to you?! He knocked you up with his baby! Association doesn't even cover it!" she ranted.

Taylor cringed as Sharpay began a tirade of curses. A sad smile played on Gabriella's lips.

"It's okay, really. I mean, who would want to be seen with me anyway?" Gabriella looked away, biting her lip.

Sharpay and Taylor looked at each other, before wrapping their arms around an upset Gabriella.

"Don't be so sure about that" they whispered in her ears.

Gabriella pulled away and looked at them curiously.

"What are you talking about?"

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Troy huffed as the girl snuggled deeper into his shoulder. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes at her desperate ploys to get his attention. His mind whirred with thoughts of Gabriella and the baby. He knew avoiding her all week would hurt her feelings, but he needed time to think. Just because he finally realised he had feelings for her, didn't mean he was going to do anything about them. He had toyed with so many girls' hearts, he wasn't going to be any different to Gabriella.

Even if she had his baby.

Troy knew, deep down, it was because he didn't want to hurt her. He softly sighed. The ditzy girl in his arms glared at him. This was not how she imagined her date with playboy extraordinaire, Troy Bolton.

"Tro-oy, what are you thinking about?" the girl cooed, batting her eyelashes.

Troy nearly gagged. Maybe hooking up with the cutest yet dumbest girl in school was not a way to forget Gabriella. Or maybe it's because no one compares to Gabriella, a little voice at the back of his head taunted.

God, he hated that voice for being right.

The girl huffed, pushing herself off his chest. Troy blinked, adopting an innocent, doe-eyed expression. The girl groaned.

"What is your problem? You're here with me, Miley Cyrus, one of the most popular girls in school, and you're totally ignoring me! I've had enough of you, Troy Bolton! You are such an asshole!" Miley screeched, before stomping out of the diner.

Troy rolled his eyes. Good riddance, he thought. Troy guffawed when she pushed instead of pulled on the door. She threw him a dirty glare as the diner burst into laughter. Troy leant back against the cushy seats, letting out a slow breath. Now that his date was gone, he had nothing to occupy his thoughts of Gabriella. Troy groaned.

Who was he kidding?

It wasn't like he could get her out of his head in the first place. Flipping open his phone, he scrolled down his contacts to Gabriella's name. His finger hovered over the call button. He had been ignoring her all week. Troy didn't know if Gabriella would be mad about it. Unbeknownst to him, his finger had already pressed the button. His blue eyes widened as the phone began to ring. Beginning to panic, he brought the phone to his ear. Please don't pick up, please don't pick up, please don't-

"Hello?"

Troy cleared his throat, trying to stop his stomach from fluttering as Gabriella's sweet voice rang through the receiver.

"H-hey, it's Troy"

He nearly smacked himself on the head for stuttering.

"Troy? Um, what's up?" she asked.

Troy blinked. He had no idea why he called her. His brain whirred for an answer. Suddenly, an imaginary lightbulb flashed above his head. A grin tugged on the corner of his lips. He barely remembered Gabriella was still on the phone.

"Hello? Troy? Are you still there?"

Troy shook to clear his head, a smile plastered on his striking face.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I kinda spaced out for a sec" he replied.

"So, was there anything you wanted?"

Troy couldn't help but notice the hopeful tone in her voice. His smile grew even bigger.

"Let's go shopping"

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